Wisconsin woman, on parole for homicide, arrested in Chicago

Mitch SmithTribune reporter

Chicago police arrested a convicted killer from Milwaukee on Friday who was wanted in her home state for violating parole.

Officers noticed Natisha E. Goodman, 21, driving circles around an area of the Southwest Side known for drug activity when they pulled her over at around 2 a.m. Friday, her arrest report said. Police said they noticed a strong smell of cannabis coming from her car, which had out-of-state plates, and soon found she was wanted out of Milwaukee County, Wis., for violating parole for homicide by dangerous weapon.

Goodman was arrested in the 5000 block of South Knox Avenue in the Archer Heights neighborhood and ordered held without bail Saturday by Judge Laura Marie Sullivan. No drugs were recovered.

Records from the Wisconsin Department of Corrections show that Goodman, of the 2900 block of North 29th Street in Milwaukee, pleaded guilty to homicide by dangerous weapon in 2012 and was sentenced to two years in prison and three years of extended supervision.

News reports from Wisconsin indicate Goodman claimed self-defense in the fatal stabbing of her boyfriend in 2011.

Though the fugitive warrant ordering Goodman’s arrest didn’t note the nature of her parole violation, it said she fled Wisconsin on or around Wednesday. Goodman is due back in court in Cook County on Monday.